New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is unlikely to play for the Yankees this season and possibly beyond, according to the New York Daily News.

No matter what happens with Rodriguez's new steroid allegations, the Yankees may just cut ties with the beleaguered third baseman. According to numerous sources, A-Rod's hip injury could derail his career and could limit him to a reduced role and he could just retire.

"I don’t know why he would want to go through the pain of rehabbing and trying to play up to the caliber of player he was, and come back to a game where nobody wants him," said a baseball official.

"If he did that, he’d be a part-time player and presumably unable to achieve any of the incentive clauses in the contract or even the milestones."

Before his new steroid allegations even surfaced, the Yankees have had private meetings about the potential options the Yanks can take if Rodriguez doesn't finish his contract. He still has five years and $114 million left on the contract. If Rodriguez retires due to the injury, it could allow the Yankees to have up to 85% of the remaining contract reimbursed.

The Baltimore Orioles had a similar situation in 2000, when Albert Belle retired at age 32 due to a hip injury when he still had three years left in his five year, $65 million contract.

If Major League Baseball disciplines Alex Rodriguez over the latest PED allegations against him, the New York Yankees may try and void the embattled third baseman's hefty contract.

A source tells ESPNNewYork.com, "(The Yankees) can't do anything until the MLB investigation is concluded and they take action, if any." However, several sources tell the website that Rodriguez might be in little danger of having his contract voided if he is disciplined for the latest allegations made against him.

The Yankees still have Rodriguez for five more seasons worth $114 million.

MLB is in the process of investigating Anthony Bosch, a Miami based nutritionist, who has been linked to Rodriguez and several other players with PED transactions. The Miami New Times reported that Rodriguez's name showed up 16 times in Bosch's records as the recipient of HGH and other banned substances in the MLB.

"The news report about a purported relationship between Alex Rodriguez and Anthony Bosch are not true," said a statement released by Sitrick & Company, Rodriguez's publicist. "Alex Rodriguez was not Mr. Bosch's patient, he was never treated by him and he was never advised by him. The purported documents referenced in the story -- at least as they relate to Alex Rodriguez -- are not legitimate."

Rodriguez could face a 50 game suspension if MLB finds him guilty of PED use. Rodriguez admitted to taking steroids during his time with the Texas Rangers, but was not punished due to the rules not taking place yet.

MLB can suspend Rodriguez even though he doesn't test positive. The MLB would need documented evidence, such as a sworn affidavit from Bosch or a prescription from a doctor for a banned substance. It is known as a non-analytic positive and it could convince an independent arbitrator.

The Boston Red Sox still continue their search for a new manager to handle the rebuilding of the team in the Hub and we've heard some of the names (Tim Wallach, Brad Ausmus, DeMarlo Hale, John Farrell), but a new name has come up and its an intriguing name for sure.

Former New York Yankee manager Joe Torre's name has come up as a potential replacement for Bobby valentine in Boston, but, according to the Boston Herald's Nick Cafardo, Torre has not commented on the questions regarding the Red Sox vacancy and it appears as if Torre is not going to give up his MLB gig to return to a dugout, a Red Sox one at that.

Carfardo points out that Torre was almost hired as Boston Red Sox manager once before. Torre was all but hired in 1988 after the team fired John McNamara, but the team opted against Torre and hired Joe Morgan after a torrid start after the 1988 All-Star break.

Now when it comes to real candidates for the Red Sox gig, Carfardo says that Los Angeles Dodgers third base coach Tim Wallach was "very impressive", but points out that it probably won't be enough to land him the job. Baltimore Orioles third base coach and former Red Sox bench coach DeMarlo Hale interviews on Thursday and former MLB catcher and current Team Israel manager Brad Ausmus will interview for the position on Wednesday, according to Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe.

During last night's Baltimore Orioles-New York Yankees ALDS game, two Maryland State Troopers assigned to the Yankees dugout asked players for autographs.

The troopers entered the Yankee dugout in the ninth inning of the Yankees win and asked Nick Swisher and Derek Jeter for autographs.

A witness to the event said, "Swish was livid", referring to Nick Swisher. Derek Jeter was asked if he's ever witnessed anything like this before, Jeter said, "What do you think?"

The Yankees will most likely request for new troopers to be assigned to the dugout. Maybe the troopers were just trying to psyche out the Yankees, but either way it failed because the Yanks dropped five runs on the Orioles in the ninth to take a 1-0 series lead.

Or perhaps the Yankees were fired up by the stupid request and fired back with a big inning.

The Oakland A's completed a huge comeback to clinch a very unlikely AL West crown, but in the process may have caused the NFL to shift some schedules around.

Since the A's clinched the AL West, they will now have home field in the ALDS and they now have a shot at hosting the ALCS. If the A's do in fact host the ALCS, the A's would need to use the O.co Coliseum on Sunday, October 21, the same day the Oakland Raiders are to host the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The NFL is considering moving the Raiders-Jaguars game to Monday night, according to the Associated Press, but this is all contingent on the A's actually hosting the ALCS, if they don't host, then all of this would be for nothing.

In order for Oakland to host the ALCS, they need to beat the Detroit Tigers and would need the New York Yankees, who have clinched home field in the American League, to lose to the wild card play-in winner, either the Baltimore Orioles or the Texas Rangers.

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in a statement, "We will monitor the situation."

If the Raiders-Jaguars game does in fact move to Monday night, then there will be two games on Monday night with the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears playing on Monday Night Football.

Its been a tough year all around for the Boston Red Sox, but their minor league players have fared a little better and last night one of them may have made the catch of the year.

Former Major Leaguer and current Pawtucket Red Sox outfielder Jason Repko made an outstanding catch in the first inning. Repko flipped over the fence to rob former Chicago Cub Kosuke Fukudome of a grand slam.

The Pawtucket Red Sox still lost to the Yankees AAA team, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, 6-2.

Repko said of the catch after the game, "It definitely felt good, but we still lost. I want to be happy about it, but you can’t be because you lost and you still feel down about the game,"

"All in all, when I got home and saw it on TV, I was like, 'that was kind of cool.' I enjoyed it, and to see it [on SportsCenter] was cool."

Given the Red Sox current state of disarray, maybe the Sox should give the former big leaguer another shot.

The Sugar Land Skeeters have agreed to sign 50 year old and seven time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens, according to FOX26 in Houston.

Clemens worked out today and he reached 87 MPH on the radar gun. FOX26 also reports that Clemens will start for the Skeeters on Saturday against the Bridgeport Bluefish.

The Skeeters are based out of the Houston area where Clemens spent three years pitching for the Astros. The Skeeters are managed by former All-Star Gary Gaetti and the team has had former MLB players Scott Kazmir, Jason Lane, and Tim Redding play for them this season.

It is unknown whether Clemens is seriously considering coming back or if it is just a standard independent baseball league publicity stunt.

Earlier this summer, Clemens was acquitted on all charges of perjury when the Government claimed that he lied under oath about his steroid use. Clemens claims that he did not knowingly take steroids or HGH.

Former New York Yankee Chad Curtis has been charged with a sixth count of second-degree sexual assault of a teen, after a third victim came out against Curtis.

Curtis, 43, had been previously charged with one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, and two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Two teens, aged 13-15, had testified that Curtis touched them inappropriately in a room used by the Lakewood High School sports programs that Curtis had been a volunteer for.

The newest victim to come forward also said that she was touched on the schools grounds, like the other victims.

Curtis was supposed to be the Lakewood High School's head football coach, but resigned after the claims came out to light.

Curtis played in the Majors from 1992-2001 for the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels, and Cleveland Indians. He is best known for being a member of the Yankees World Series winning teams in 1998 and 1999 and for his walk-off home run in Game 3 of the 1999 World Series against the Atanta Braves.

In a stunning move, the New York Yankees acquired longtime Seattle Mariner Ichiro Suzuki for two players.

The trade became official at 6:30 PM just before the Yankees series against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field.

The Yankees sent pitchers D.J. Mitchell and Danny Farquhar to the Mariners and the Yankees have agreed to pay just over $2 million of Ichiro's salary. Ichiro will become a free agent at the conclusion of this season.

The Yankees' Brett Gardner is expected to be out for the season, so another outfielder was needed for the Bronx Bombers.

Ichiro is having a down year by his standards with an .642 OPS and hitting .261 and an OBP of .288. Ichiro has 2,533 career hits, all with the Mariners, and owns the single season record for hits with 262 back in 2004.

No word on whether Ichiro will suit up for the Yankees tonight against the Seattle Mariners.